unwinnable
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4.6
- adjective
- /ʌnˈwɪnəbl/
:
imposible de ganar
- After several attempts, the team conceded that the match had become unwinnable against their rivals.
- unwinnable war
And we've been fighting this stupid, unwinnable war ever since.
- And we've been fighting this stupid, unwinnable war ever since.
- So men are now put in basically unwinnable situations.
- They're, they're, they have made it, I believe, unwinnable for themselves.
- This is all a replay of trying to win over the unwinnable parent.
- Tough Guy got us into an unwinnable war.
- And then there's the disturbing book he self published called Ukraine's Unwinnable War.
- Every day is game day in an attempt to win over unwinnable people just like that father who never noticed you.
- And then also a realization that Donald Trump won people that should have been unwinnable for him.
- It's a month that we've designated to remind us that there are people that go through seemingly unwinnable fights each and every day, on a daily basis.
- George W Bush was bogged down by an unwinnable war in Iraq.
- But rolling up and turning your life into a human sacrifice to please or win over or prove something to an unwinnable over person.
Examples
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I think Roberts did a good job trying to navigate an unwinnable situation.
Blog text (18) -
What we've got here is an unwinnable situation.
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Nothing is unwinnable, if we join together and battle as one.
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The top leadership never went to the Secretary of Defense or the President and said, 'This war is unwinnable the way we are fighting it.'
Academic text (2007) -
Nobody believes that because it's an unwinnable war.
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So men are now put in basically unwinnable situations.
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Stop wasting billions of dollars a year and countless lives on an unwinnable and unneeded war.
Blog text (11) -
Let the best minds of our administration start looking for a way out and stop looking for a way to win this unwinnable war, because it is my considered opinion that continuing on that path will lead us to catastrophe.
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The race appeared unwinnable for Romney, as he trailed by up to 10 in Ohio.
Blog text (7) -
But even so, it appears to be an unwinnable battle against a constant barrage of germs, viruses, and bacteria.
Blog text (16)
Synonyms
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3.4
Very hard to beat in a contest, like a team or player
16
6.5
A situation where every choice leads to failure or loss
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8.0
So strong that no one can attack, defeat, or prove it wrong
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7.3
Too strong for anyone to defeat
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9.1
So hard that no one can get past it
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4.9
Too strong for anyone to beat
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7.3
Very hard to defeat in a competition or argument
Cannot be defeated
Antonyms
How Winnable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unwinnable breaks into un- 'not', win, and -able 'able to be'. So it literally means 'not able to be won', just like readable means 'able to be read', which is why we call a game, fight, or argument unwinnable when you cannot win.